MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants 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.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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