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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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