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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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