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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to participate 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.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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