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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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