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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
e-learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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