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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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