MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part 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.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Niger to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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