MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
important new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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