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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
e-learning have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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