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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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