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.
Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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