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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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