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
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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