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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
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.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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