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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
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.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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