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.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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