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.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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