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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Emory University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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