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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
learning technology enable
humans
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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