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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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