MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
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
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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