MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
elearning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner 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
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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