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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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