MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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