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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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