MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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