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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education have enabled
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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