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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
blended learning have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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