MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes 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 massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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