MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
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.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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