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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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