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
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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