MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses 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 online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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