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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always 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 numerous
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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