MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology enable
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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