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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
learning technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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