MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
people
all over 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
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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