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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vatican City to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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