MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online learning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rutgers University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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