MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
online education have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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