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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
elearning technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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