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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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