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.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology enable
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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