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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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