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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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