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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
open educational
endeavours.
People want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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