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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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