MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
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 online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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