MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
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 online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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