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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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