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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online learning enable
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|