MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
e-learning technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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