MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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