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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
elearning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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