MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
online education make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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