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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cuba to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
key 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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