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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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