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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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