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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
digital education technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in 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.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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