MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
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 classes are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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