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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online education are empowering
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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