MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Niue to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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