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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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