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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Marquette University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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