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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
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.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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