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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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