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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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