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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
e-learning have enabled
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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