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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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