MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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