MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners 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
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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