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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
e-learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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