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 Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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