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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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 MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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