MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
distance learning make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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