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.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
learning technology enable
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
San Diego State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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