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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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