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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are considering
now that blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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