MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take classes 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
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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