MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online education are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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