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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning enable
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants 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.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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