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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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