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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
elearning are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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