MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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