MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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