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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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