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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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