MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
online education have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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