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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online learning have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
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.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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