MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
elearning have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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