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.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Uzbekistan to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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