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.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nigeria to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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