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
articulates
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
distance learning enable
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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