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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Netherlands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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