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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
electronic educational technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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