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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
e-learning technology have enabled
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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