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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
elearning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning institutions
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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