MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
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 MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Norway to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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