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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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