MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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