MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners 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 quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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