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
book
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Korea, South to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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