MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
learning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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