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
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
typically 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 numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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