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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
learning technology have enabled
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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