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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses 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
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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