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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
