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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major 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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