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
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are considering
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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