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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online learning enable
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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