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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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