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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning enable
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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