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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
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.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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