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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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