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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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