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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes 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
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
People want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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