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.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
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.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Slovakia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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