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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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