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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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