MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
elearning are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
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.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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