MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online education are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes 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
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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