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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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