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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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