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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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