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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
online education are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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