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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
ventures.
People want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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