MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Liberia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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