MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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