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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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