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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|