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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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