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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online education are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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