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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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