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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
learning technology are making it possible for
learners
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 online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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