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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also deals with 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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