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.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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