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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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