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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online learning are empowering
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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