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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Libya to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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