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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Paraguay to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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