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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants 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.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
People want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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