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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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