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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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