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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
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 courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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