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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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