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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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