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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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