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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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