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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take courses 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.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
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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