MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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 Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
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 massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
make sure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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