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.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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