MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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