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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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