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.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take 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.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Greece to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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