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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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