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 is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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