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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
learning technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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