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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily 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 quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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