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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
learning technology have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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