MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Hong Kong to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
People want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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