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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
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 online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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