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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take 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.
MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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