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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
e-learning are empowering
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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