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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology make it possible for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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