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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
online learning technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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