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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of 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.
MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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