MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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