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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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