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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
online education enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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