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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can participants
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This interesting 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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