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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
elearning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in courses 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
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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