MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Rochester to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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