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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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