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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|