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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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