MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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