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.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online learning are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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 courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Aruba to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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