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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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