MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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