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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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