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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses 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.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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