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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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