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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around 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 open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Niger to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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