MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
elearning have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yemen to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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