MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
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 a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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