MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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