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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take 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.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOC classes are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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