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
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
customarily 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 numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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