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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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