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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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