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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take 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.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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