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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
e-learning have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Barbados to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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