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
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
distance learning technology are empowering
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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