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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning have empowered
students
all around the world
to take classes 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
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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