MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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