MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology have empowered
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part 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.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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