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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
online education have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
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 MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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