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 is a
book
which
researches
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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