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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online learning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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