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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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