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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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