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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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