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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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