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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning have empowered
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
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
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
the intriguing 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 inspiring new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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