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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Uganda to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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