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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
online learning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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