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
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
digital education technology enable
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are considering
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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