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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are considering
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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