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.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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