MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Romania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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