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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
elearning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
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 MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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