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.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
elearning enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines 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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