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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
online learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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