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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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