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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
elearning are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate 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.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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