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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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