MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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