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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are considering
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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