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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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