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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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