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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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