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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
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 online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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