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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
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.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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