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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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