MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Babson College to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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