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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
online learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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