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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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