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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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