MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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