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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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