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.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are considering
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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