MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOCs are
generally free
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 variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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