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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tajikistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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