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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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