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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning are enabling
people
in nations all aver 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.
MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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