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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all around 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 MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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