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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
blended learning have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in 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.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Croatia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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