MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
distance learning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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