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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education enable
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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