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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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