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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in 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.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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