MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
all over 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 massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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