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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
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
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ball State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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