MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
online education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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