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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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