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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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