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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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