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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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