MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
elearning technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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