MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take 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.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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