MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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