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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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