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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
People want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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