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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Malta to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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