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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
People want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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