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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
elearning technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
People want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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