MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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