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 is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
most important 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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