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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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