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.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ethiopia to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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