MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
elearning have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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 online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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