MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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