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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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