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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Greece to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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