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.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Namibia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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