MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
online education have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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