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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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