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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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