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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Pakistan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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