MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around 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.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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