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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
important new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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