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.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
learning technology have empowered
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This book
also considers 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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