MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers 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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