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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
elearning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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