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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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