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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online education have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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