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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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