MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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