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 is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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