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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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