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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
distance learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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