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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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