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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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