MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online education are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Iran to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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