MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take 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.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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