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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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