MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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