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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning are enabling
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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