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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses 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 massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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