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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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