MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Italy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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