MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
elearning technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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