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.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
elearning are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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