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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
online education make it possible for
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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