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.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students 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
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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