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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ball State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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