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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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