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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Twitter to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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