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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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