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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all around 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.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education.
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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