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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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