MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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