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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Ghana to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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