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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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