MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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