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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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