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
book
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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