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.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
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.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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