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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
elearning are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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