MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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