MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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