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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
e-learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
open education
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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