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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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