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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take 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.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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