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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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