MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
elearning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Seattle Central Community College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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