MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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 Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online education make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
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.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Japan to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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