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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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