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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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