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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mali to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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