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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
online learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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