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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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