MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ascension to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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