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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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