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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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