MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
learning technology make it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses 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 MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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