MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
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.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Somaliland to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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