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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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