MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses 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 MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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