MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
online education make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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