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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Macau to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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