MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
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 massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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