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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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