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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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