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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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