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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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