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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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