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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online education are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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