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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
online learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
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