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
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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