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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
elearning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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