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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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