MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
e-learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Clemson University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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