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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning are enabling
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Serbia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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