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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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