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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
elearning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
experiments.
People want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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