MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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