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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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