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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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