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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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