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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly 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 many
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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