MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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