MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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