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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
digital education technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
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.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Serbia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
key 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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