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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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