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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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