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.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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