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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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