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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Niger to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
major 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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