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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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