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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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