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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Jordan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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