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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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