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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
online learning are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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