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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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