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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
People want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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