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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
online education have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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