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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Thailand to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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