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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of 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 MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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