MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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