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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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