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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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