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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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