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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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