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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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