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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Niger to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
promising new open education
ventures.
People want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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