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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
online education have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes 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 open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Facebook to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also explores the
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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