MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
online education enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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