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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also researches 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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