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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses 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 courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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