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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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