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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology make it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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