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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online education are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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