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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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