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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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