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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|