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.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
elearning are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part 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.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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