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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants 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 MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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