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.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Guernsey to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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