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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
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 classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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