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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
elearning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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