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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
elearning have enabled
students
all over the world
to take 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.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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