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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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