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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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