MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
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 courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belize to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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