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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic education technology are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
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.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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