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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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