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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
elearning have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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