MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Iraq to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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