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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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