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.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Dominica to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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