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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning are enabling
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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