MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take 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 massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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