MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology enable
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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