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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also investigates the
major 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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