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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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