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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
online education have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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