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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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