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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online education are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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