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.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
online education have empowered
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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