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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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