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
which
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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