MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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