MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
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 massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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