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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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