MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
elearning are enabling
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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