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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also studies the
key 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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