MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning are empowering
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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