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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
online learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Lithuania to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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