MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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