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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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