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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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