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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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