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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses 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.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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