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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
key 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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