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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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