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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
e-learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants 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 massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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