MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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