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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Broward College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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