MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
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 a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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