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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in 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 MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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