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
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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