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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Poland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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