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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Japan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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