MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online education are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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