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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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