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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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