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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
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.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massive online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Malta to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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