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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
blended learning are empowering
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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