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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to take part 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.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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