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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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