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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
e-learning technology have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Haiti to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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