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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes 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.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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