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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
elearning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
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 MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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