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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
technology-enhanced learning enable
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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