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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
digital education technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are considering
today because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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