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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also studies 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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