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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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