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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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