MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take 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.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
People want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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