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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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