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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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