MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
technology-enhanced learning enable
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Tunisia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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