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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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