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.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are considering
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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