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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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