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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Serbia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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