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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
online education have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jamaica to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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