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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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