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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online learning technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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