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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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