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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
elearning have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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