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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
electronic education technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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