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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners 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
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
important new open education
ventures.
People want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also explores the
major 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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