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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
digital education technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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