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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malta to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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