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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take courses 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.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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