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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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