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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
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
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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