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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Turkey to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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