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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online education have made it possible for
humans
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.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners 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 several
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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