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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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