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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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