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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
online education are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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