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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology enable
learners
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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