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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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