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.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes 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.
MOOC classes are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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