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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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