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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
blended learning are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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