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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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