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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Mozambique to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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