MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
online education are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants 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 MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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