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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
blended learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
major 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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