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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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