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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
electronic education technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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