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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
learning technology have enabled
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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