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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC classes are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are considering
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guernsey to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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