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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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