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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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