MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
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.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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