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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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