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.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are considering
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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