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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning make it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
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.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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