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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online education have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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