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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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