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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sri Lanka to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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