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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners 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 a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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