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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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