MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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