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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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