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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take 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
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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