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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
e-learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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