MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses 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.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Latvia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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