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.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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