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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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