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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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