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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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