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.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate 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.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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