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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants 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.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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