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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
online education have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners 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 many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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