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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around 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.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Students want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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